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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Accounting and Auditing Matters

The unethical systematic recording and analysis of the business and financial transactions associated with generally accepted accounting practices. (Examples include: misstatement of revenues, misstatement of expenses, misstatement of assets, misapplications of GAAP principles, wrongful transactions.)

Conflict of Interest

A conflict of interest is defined as a situation in which a person, such as a public official, an employee, or a professional, has a private or personal interest sufficient to appear to influence the objective exercise of his or her official duties. (Examples include: inappropriate vendor relations, bribery, misuse of confidential information, inappropriate customer relations)

Discrimination or Harassment

Uninvited and unwelcome verbal or physical conduct directed at an employee because of his or her sex, religion, ethnicity, or beliefs. (Examples include: bias in hiring, bias in assignments, wrongful termination, bias in promotions, bias in educational decisions, unfair compensation, inappropriate language).

Harassment or Misconduct at Sea

Specific to matters that happen at sea.

Misconduct in Science

Based on policy.

Misconduct or Inappropriate Behavior

Intentional wrongdoing; specifically: deliberate violation of a law or standard.

Safety

Failure of meeting requirements needed to perform all duties in a secure environment. Potential areas of harm. (Examples include: environmental damage, OSHA, EPA, supervisor directive, poor housekeeping). Violence is an expression of the intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage to a person or their property. (Examples include: direct, veiled, conditional, violent)

Student and Postdoc - Academic

Areas of concern that may present themselves specifically to our academic appointment population.

Other

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